A STONE merchant has closed after orders dried up. Nelson-based Acorn Stone Merchants has laid off all 10 staff after bosses put it into voluntary liquidation. Now experts from Manchester-based chartered accountancy firm CLB Coopers
STEVE Kean was relatively pleased with the draw at West Ham United that moved Blackburn Rovers closer to safety this afternoon. Rovers had looked set for victory after Jason Roberts put them in front in the 13th minute but they were pegged
THOMAS Hitzlsperger's late equaliser meant Blackburn Rovers were not quite able to secure their Premier League safety in front of the watching Rao brothers this afternoon. Rovers looked set to build on last week's win over Bolton with
ACCRINGTON Stanley will play Stevenage in the League Two play-off semi finals. Stanley, who drew 1-1 in their final game of the regular season at Burton today, confirmed fifth place last week and will now face Stevenage, who claimed sixth
John Coleman made wholesale changes with one eye on the play offs for the trip to Burton Albion, but one of his stalwarts was the hero as the Reds drew 1-1 to extend their unbeaten run to 13 matches. Dean Winnard had missed just three
EDDIE Howe admitted there was an overall sense of what might have been after Burnley ended the season with a point when it should have been three. After all, it certainly wasn't the first time they could say that in what, on reflection, has been a deeply
JAY Rodriguez has given Burnley a half-time lead with his 15th goal of the season, making him the Clarets' joint top leading scorer so far. The striker, who was the overwhelming choice for player of the season at the supporters' clubs' presentation night
JASON Roberts insists there are no excuses for Rovers’ perilous Premier League position – but believes survival will ensure an exciting Ewood Park future. Rovers’ experienced striker believes the club have the best crop of youngsters anywhere in the
STEVE Kean has called for his Blackburn Rovers side to banish their relegation fears once and for all by ending their Hammers hoodoo in style this afternoon. The Rovers boss knows a first win at Upton Park since 1994 would virtually secure Premier League
TWO teenage girls known locally as the ‘Witches of Whitebirk’ have been given ASBOs after a court was told they had ‘terrorised’ a neighbourhood. Police said Tori Duxbury, 15, and Amanda Holt, 16, of Monmouth Road, Whitebirk, Blackburn, were
DAVID Edgar makes his first start since September as Burnley sign off the season with a home game against Cardiff City. The Canadian comes in to replace defender Michael Duff, who is ruled out with the hamstring strain he picked up against Leeds last
POLICE evacuated Darwen’s main post office after a radio stunt was mistaken for a robbery. Hundreds of people were in the town centre looking for the ‘Real Radio Renegade’ - a mystery man with a £4,000 ‘bounty’ on his head - who was posting
FRIENDS of an ‘inspirational’ woman who died from cancer have arranged a fundraising event to raise thousands of pounds in her memory. The event, at Accrington Town Hall, will celebrate 100 years of Macmillan Cancer Support and the life of Barbara
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THE intimate surroundings of Darwen Library Theatre might seem an unlikely setting for a rock and roll celebration – but that’s exactly what The Alarm delivered last night. By the first song we’d already had audience participation, by song
ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman should coast to victory when the League Two manager of the year award is handed out on May 23, according to his assistant Jimmy Bell. Coleman missed out on the manager of the month award for the third month in a row
Accrington Stanley will open the Coppice Terrace to home fans for their play-off semi final second leg on May 20. Away fans will be housed in the Whinney Hill terrace.
GRAHAM Alexander and ex-Claret David Eyres are due to swap football boots for cricket pads tomorrow all in aid of Gary Parkinson. The due will represent Burnley FC in a four-team Twenty20 cricket tournament at Preston CC’s West View. Players past and
Simon Kerrigan took five wickets in 32 balls as Lancashire dismissed Warwickshire for 97 and romped to a 147-run victory before tea on the third afternoon of their County Championship clash at Edgbaston. An unpredictable pitch – with variable bounce
IN front of a crowd of 2,950, Garry Flitcroft’s Chorley secured promotion to the Evo-Stik Premier Division last night with a 2-0 victory over AFC Fylde in the play-off final at Victory Park. The Blackburn connection has done much to raise the Magpies
BURNLEY manager Eddie Howe is determined to build a new promotion challenge around key players like Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears, and fend off interest in his prized assets in the summer. The duo were keen to stay in the Premier League after the Clarets
THE headteacher at crisis-hit Darwen Vale High School has been suspended. Hilary Torpey has been removed from her post while an investigation is carried out into allegations that she failed to provide support to staff when dealing with unruly
AN ‘intense’ fire which caused a street to be evacuated is under investigation. Colne firefighters were called to the blaze in Walton Street just before 6am yesterday. A neighbour had raised the alarm and initially thought there were people inside
A COUPLE fled flames when a stolen scooter was dumped and torched under a sun lounge. The man and woman, in their 30s, were woken at 6.10am yesterday by a next door neighbour banging on their front door in Cemetery Road, Darwen. The scooter had
